Kuopio SYKETTÄ News

Online training calendar for winter vacation!

While our instructors are on vacation, you can train with training videos. The videos are available at the time you choose and you can use them as many times as you like! Take care of your well-being also during the holiday week and work out with our instructors wherever you are at :) Notice: the videos are only in Finnish. The videos are on the sports calendar from 6.3. to 12.3.
 

Cancellations at Studentia

• On Wednesdays 8.3. and 15.3. the sports hall is not in use from 4 pm to 7 pm
• On Sunday 19.3. the sports hall is in use after 6.30 pm
   

Come and try

• Tuesday 14.3. Escrima Concepts at 6 pm
• Tuesday 14.3. Wing Tsung KungFu at 7 pm

Free physical activity counselling for students

SYKETTÄ Kuopio University Sports Services’ new physical activity counselling service offers free and low-threshold individual counselling and support for students who do not exercise enough for their health and well-being, or who need advice on how to become more active in their everyday lives, or support in starting physical activity.

Physical activity counselling consists of a maximum of five meetings with a physical activity counsellor. The content of the meetings is planned according to the client's wishes and objectives. The aim of the counselling is to help the client to find a way of moving that they like and to increase their well-being in everyday life. The service is intended for students of UEF and does not require a SYKETTÄ sticker.

• Contact physical activity counsellor Saija: 044 7856832 or saija.pohjanvirta@edu.savonia.fi
• Read more about this service here
• Data protection records can be read here
   

Nutrition counseling

SYKETTÄ offers practical and evidence based nutrition services for students and personnel who have bought SYKETTÄ stickers. Available nutrition services in English are nutrition counseling, cooking classes and “Ask from Nutrition Specialist” -form. 

• Nutrition counseling (30 min) on Wednesdays at 17.30 and at 18.00. Read more here.
• Cooking class: Classics into vegetarian versions on Tuesday 14.3.

More tips and information on

• Instagram: @syketta_kpo
• Facebook-page: SYKETTÄ – Kuopion korkeakoululiikunta
• TikTok: syketta_kuopio

A possible bus drivers’ strike may stop most of the bus traffic between 1.3.2023-10.3.2023!

If the negotiating parties cannot reach an agreement, traffic will stop on the following bus lines:

• Urban lines 2, 4-40
• Part of the rural lines

Following bus lines will operate normally:

• Urban lines 1 and 3
• Siilinjärvi bus lines 42-48
• Nilsiä bus lines 62-68

In addition, there may be exceptions in traffic on certain bus lines. Check Vilkku’s website for more information.

Let's talk about language barriers

At UEF, we speak different languages. But what happens when communication doesn't quite work out? The LangWork project wants to end language-related problems at the university. You can help by answering the LangWork survey in English or in Finnish.

And what can LangWork do for you? We're working on the UEF multilingual week... so stay tuned :)

Sewing Society on Wed 1 March from 4.30 pm till 7 pm at Kuopio Museum

At trousers' workshop you can continue the life of old trousers. You can fix broken trousers by using a sewing machine. No need to register, just come when you want with your trousers and start to fix them if there is space at the workshop. We have some fabric pieces and threads, but you can bring your own materials and zippers to change, if you need. Free entry! Read more in Finnish via the link below.

The starting point for the Suite ángeles y diablos for bandoneon and symphony orchestra was a story of an angel appearing in an apartment block in Buenos Aires to cleanse the souls of its inhabitants. The programme also includes one of Piazzolla’s most impressive works, the Aconcagua concerto, as well as Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round, the melody of which is familiar from Carlos Gardel’s tango My Beloved Buenos Aires. The orchestra is conducted by Eugene Tzigane.

Tickets: Students ONLY 11 € / Others 25 / 20 €
Ticket sales in advance www.lippu.fi, Sokos Kuopio and Kuopio Music Centre ticket office.

Do you hear the call of adventure?

A new event will take over the streets of Kuopio when the interdisciplinary APPROVENTURE takes place for the first time on Thursday 16.3.2023! Do you dare to go on a discovery trip through Kuopio and hunt for the needed stamps from places to visit? For your achievements, you will receive wonderful overall badges and climb the ranks to the top of the approventurers! This is an opportunity for you and your friends to experience the unique thrill of adventure right here in Kuopio! The event culminates in an all-time rave party, starring amazing artists!

Appro, often translated as bar crawl, is a typical Finnish student event where you visit as many bars as you can and collect stamps from every single one of them. One drink at each bar equals one stamp. At the end, you’ll receive an overall badge according to the number of stamps; the more the merrier!

• WHAT: APPROVENTURE – Appro for the adventurous
• WHERE: In Kuopio center bars, restaurants and other shops
• WHEN: Thursday 16.3. starting at 14 (distribution of passes 14-18, appro tour and pass returns 15-22, afterparty 21-05)
• FOR WHOM: Open to ALL students from Kuopio and other cities
• DRESS: Overalls and clothes fit for an adventure outside
• TICKETS: Appropassport & afterparty tickets 12 € OR Appropassport, 2nd Quest passport & afterparty tickets €16
• WHY: Because you won't find a similar experience and the thrill of adventure anywhere else in Kuopio!
• MORE INFORMATION: From the @approventure Instagram account you can get up-to-date information about the event.

Ticket sales are open now in Kide.app!

The shortest way to work - Pondi

Pondi is a new Savilahti talent pond implemented by KPY and Osuma Henkilöstöpalvelut, where the growing Savilahti area is at the heart with thousands of students and jobs. Pondi connects talents and jobs easily, interestingly and flexibly.

Talent, get to know the employers in the area extensively before you go after your dream job. Pondi enables employments of different lengths so that you can get to know different employers or work tasks already during your studies. You will get good employer contacts and diverse working life skills even before you are ready to commit to a longer-term employment relationship.

Available grants for students of UEF and UEF's Open positions

There is a listing of grants availbale for students of the University of Eastern Finland at UEF's webpage.

You'll find a list of Open Positions at UEF HERE.

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Weekly Feed provides you with current information on matters related to the Student Union, UEF or other organisations close to students, such as FSHS. In addition, the newsletter provides you with information on events taking place at campus or the campus city.

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